Shukaku: Yay, chapter 5 already! Well, I have a question for you all. What do you think Iruka told Itachi? If you have an answer make sure to make it known for us all, it's always fun when you guess!

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Naruto was awoken early by the sound of his masters angered shouts and curses. It was then that his sensitive nose picked up the scent of food, most of it made his mouth water. He lifted his head and blinked the sleep from his eyes, whimpering softly when he noticed the mosquito net canopy was drawn around the bed. With a sigh the fox shifted forms and slid out of bed, easily slipping past the canopy.

"Master Sasuke, is something wrong?" He tried to stifle a yawn.

"The door is locked!" He slammed his fist against the door which shuddered but didn't open. "It's locked from the outside!" Again he hit the door, harder this time. "Itachi let me out of here damn you!" This went on for some time; the Uchiha eventually gave up and flopped down on the couch with a frustrated growl.

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Itachi snickered to himself as he listened to his little brother shout and curse, Kyuubi was basically rolling on the floor laughing at words only he could hear. Both men finally calmed down after Sasuke's shouts faded away.

"We're leaving them in there all day right?" Kyuubi wiped his eyes.

"Yes and I took one more step to ensure they stay in there." The fox lifted an eyebrow and his lips twitched. "I bolted the window shut and locked the balcony door," Kyuubi burst into another fit of laughter. He calmed down after a few minutes, flipped onto his belly and rested his chin on his arms.

"Itachi-sama, I'm bored," A grin spread across his face.

"What do you want me to do about it?" He raised an eyebrow at the fox. Kyuubi's grin widened as he got to his feet and agilely leapt onto the bed.

"Why don't we play our own game?" Itachi smirked and grabbed Kyuubi's collar, yanking him forward. He pressed their lips together in a bruising kiss, when he pulled back Kyuubi was still grinning like a fool. "Heh, I've been waiting for you to do that for a long time, Itachi-sama."

"As have I, Kyuubi," The fox lurched forward to capture the Uchiha's lips in a passionate kiss.

"Mmmm, I'm on top," Kyuubi declared as he straddled his master's hips and pushed him back into the bed. Itachi frowned at this; he would not stand for being beneath his pet. With a growl he grasped Kyuubi's arms and flipped over, quickly straddling his slim hips. "Itachi-sama….."

"No, I will be on top," The fox narrowed his eyes. "Maybe, just maybe I'll let you be on top, but not today," He leaned down to kiss him but stopped, Iruka's words coming back to him. With an annoyed sigh he rolled onto his side and stared up at the canopy.

"Is something wrong, Itachi-sama?" Kyuubi gave him a concerned glance.

"I just remembered what Iruka-san told me," He flung an arm across his eyes.

"What did he tell you?" Now the fox was listening. Itachi gave him a side long glance and motioned for him to lean down, this was not something to say aloud.

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Naruto watched his master pace his room, back and forth, back and forth. It was enough to give him a headache! The blonde grew annoyed with the dark atmosphere of the room and slipped into the bathroom, it was about time he had a bath anyway. He glanced at the tub uncertainly, he was used to bathing in fox form but at the moment he didn't really feel like shifting forms.

"Master Sasuke, can you help me?" He felt his face heat up, he sounded like a small child! The Uchiha took one look at where he was and froze, was Naruto seriously asking him to help take a bath?! "I-I don't know what……" He trailed off, he couldn't think of what to say to his master.

"Hold on, I'll be right there," In a few quick strides Sasuke stood before him, leaning down to fill the tub. "Naruto, why aren't you in fox form?" The young kitsune shied away, he was too tired to shift. Sasuke glared at him and with a defeated sigh Naruto began to shift. "You don't have to be in fox form if you don't want to," The blonde shifted back.

"But I always take a bath in fox form," His eyes avoided Sasuke's. The Uchiha grunted and tugged at Naruto's shirt, telling him to take it off. The blonde snatched the material from his hands and backed away, he didn't want his master touching him.

"If you're going to be stubborn then I'll leave the room," With that Sasuke left though Naruto could tell he was just standing by the doors in case he needed help. The fox pulled his clothes off and climbed into the warm bath, relaxing into the water. He realized his tail was still visible and willed it away leaving only his fox ears. A loud sound caused Naruto to jump in surprise, his feet slipped and he fell back, hitting his head hard on the tub. He gave a cry of pain and Sasuke immediately entered the room, his onyx eyes wide as he stared at Naruto who was holding the back of his head.

He knelt down and reached out, tugging one of the tan hands away from the blondes head to examine the area that had hit the tub. "Don't be such a baby, it's only a little bump," He released the tan wrist and sighed. "You are a big handful, Naruto, always getting into trouble," He heard the fox sniffle.

"My head really hurts," He whimpered rubbing his head.

"It'll hurt for a while and unfortunately I can't get any pain killers to help you," Just thinking about the fact that they were in the same room at the moment stirred that memory of the kiss. "Hurry up so you can go lay down," Naruto looked at him and he flinched inwardly, the bruise was still visible on his jaw. The blonde quickly washed his small body and looked around.

"Um, I don't know how to wash my hair," Sasuke sighed at this, he should have expected it. The Uchiha got up, got his shampoo from the shower and sat down cross legged by the bath tub. Naruto instinctively turned and sat on his knees in the water so that his master couldn't see his private parts. Sasuke rolled up his sleeves, poured a small amount into his palm and began to lather it into the mass of wet spikes. After a few minutes he instructed Naruto to sit under the faucet, the blonde did so and nearly jumped when Sasuke turned the cold water on.

He relaxed once the water became warm and allowed his master to rinse his hair out. But it was over sooner than he had hoped, Sasuke rinsed his hands and told Naruto to drain the tub before he even thought 

of getting out; the blonde did so without question. He was handed an oversized towel to dry off as Sasuke left the room muttering under his breath. Naruto shrugged and dried off before getting dressed in his usual clothes and willing his tail to reappear. He shuffled out of the bathroom and found his master sitting on the couch reading a book while munching on a health bar, Naruto's nose wrinkled at this; he'd never had a taste for the things.

The blonde climbed back into the bed without so much as looking at the food and immediately drifted to sleep in human form. Sasuke noticed this and put his book down to stare at the bed, confused by Naruto's sudden loss of appetite.

'Is he sick or something?' He shook his head at the thought, he'd just had a check up with Tsunade not that long ago and she had deemed him healthy. 'Naruto has never passed up a meal, especially when it's sitting right in front of him. Maybe Iruka-san would know what's happening to him,' He quickly snatched up the phone and dialed Iruka's number. "Iruka-san, its Sasuke."

"Oh, Sasuke, it's good to hear from you again so soon. Though it's unusual for you to call this early."

"I think something's wrong with Naruto," He bit his lip. "He just got out of the bath and skipped out on eating, he went straight to bed," There was a long silence.

"Sasuke, listen to me carefully okay? Keep an eye on Naruto; don't let him out of your sight for a minute. Naruto's birthday is in a few days if I remember correctly."

"What does his birthday have to do with his weird behavior?" Iruka was hiding something and he knew it.

"Did anything happen while he was taking a bath?"

"He just hit his head; do you think that's what's causing this?" He heard Iruka give a relieved sigh.

"Usually when a pet get's hit on the head they act strangely, in Naruto's cause it just caused him to not eat and go to sleep. There's nothing to worry about, he'll be fine in about an hour or so."

"Thank you for your time, Iruka-san," He hung up and sighed. For a minute there he thought there was something seriously wrong with the little fox. With his own sigh of relief Sasuke lay back on the couch and closed his eyes for a short nap.

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Sasuke was awoken by Naruto, well by the sound of Naruto going through the food near the dresser anyway. He sat up and looked at the teen, he looked completely fine and his appetite was back to normal as well. He watched the young kitsune eat and noticed some rice sticking to his cheek, he forced himself to look away as the memory of kiss came back. This time he let it play out, he groaned softly to himself as he remembered how soft Naruto's lips were.

"Master Sasuke, are you okay?" Naruto's voice brought him back to reality. He nodded his head and lay back again, he could rest easy knowing Naruto was in good health and back to his normal self.

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Kyuubi pouted when Itachi ended their kiss, he had learned what Iruka had told Itachi and was a little shocked if not happy. The older Uchiha would not allow Kyuubi the pleasure of being taken; it was too risky now that they knew what could happen. So the fox had settled for a hand job and some other torturous things that had made him feel just as good.

"Jeez you are a loud person, Kyu-chan; I hope the boys didn't hear you." Itachi teased in a husky voice. The fox grinned at the thought but pushed it away, he didn't want his brother hearing such things at his age and he especially didn't want Sasuke getting any ideas. "We will eventually have to tell them what I told you, Naruto is getting to that age anyway."

"Yeah, in a few days he'll be 16 and that's the day he comes of age," Kyuubi winced as memories of his own coming of age flooded back. "Hopefully Sasuke can handle him when it happens."

"If I was able to put up with you all these years then I'm sure my baby brother can handle whatever Naruto does." He sighed loudly and closed his eyes as he lay back against the pillows. 'Just a few more days until then….. I believe the game just got another twist added to it.' Itachi smirked to himself and drifted into a light slumber, his mind racing over the possibilities that Naruto's 16th birthday could bring. He was making it his job to see to it that his brother saw Naruto as more than just a pet on that day.

Shukaku: Please don't kill me for the whole Kyuubi and Itachi scene being cut! There will be more action with upcoming chapters, regardless of Iruka's words... Anyway plz R&R